A Spring Valley mother is calling for accountability after her five-year-old so was found wandering the streets unsupervised when he was supposed to be in an afterschool program.
Mariah Mora says she was overwhelmed with fear and disbelief when she received a call from the San Diego Police Department on the afternoon of December 12.
“I was crying, my husband was crying — we were all freaking out, trying to get down there and get him,” Mora said.
Her son, a kindergartener at Zamorano Elementary, was supposed to be in his afterschool program run by PrimeTime, a contractor for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). Instead, he was found alone, covered in dirt, after wandering for about an hour.
“When we saw him, we were all crying,” Mora shared.
Mora says she contacted PrimeTime on her way to the school, but the program gave conflicting information.
“They said they had him and then hung up on me. I called back, and they said they didn’t have him,” she explained.
In a statement, SDUSD confirmed that poor judgment by a PrimeTime employee led to the incident and shared their response: